1211 Avenue of the Americas
1211 Avenue of the Americas | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Offices and television studios (Dow Jones & Company, Fox News, New York Post, The Wall Street Journal) |
Architectural style | International Style |
Location | 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°45′30″N 73°58′55″W / 40.758464°N 73.981806°W |
Construction started | 1968 |
Completed | 1971 |
Opening | 1973 |
Owner | Ivanhoé Cambridge |
Height | |
Roof | 592 ft (180.44 m) |
Top floor | 558 feet (170 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 45 |
Floor area | 1,854,912 sq ft (170,000 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 36 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Wallace Harrison (Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris) |
Developer | Rockefeller Group Development Corporation |
Main contractor | Celanese Corporation and Rockefeller Center, Inc. |
References | |
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1211 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the News Corp. Building, is an International Style skyscraper on Sixth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Formerly called the Celanese Building, it was completed in 1973 as part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the "XYZ Buildings". Celanese, its primary tenant, later moved to Dallas, Texas. The building is owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge as of 2023[update].[3]
The structure has a simple slab-like shape devoid of any decoration, its prosaic façade consisting of vertical alternating limestone and glass stripes. The façade stone piers are supernumerary; there are twice as many of them as structurally necessary. The glass bands are continuous and offer no indication of floor levels. These features ably create the visual lack of scale, so the tower does not look overly bulky.[4]
Background
The building was part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the XYZ Buildings.[4] Their plans were first drawn in 1963 by the Rockefeller family's architect, Wallace Harrison, of the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz.[5] Their letters correspond to their height. 1251 Avenue of the Americas is the "X" Building as it is the tallest at 750 ft (229 m) and 54 stories, and was the first completed, in 1971. The "Y" is 1221 Avenue of the Americas, which was the second tower completed (1973) and is the second in height (674 ft and 51 stories). The "Z" Building, the shortest and the youngest, is 1211 Avenue of the Americas with 45 stories (592 ft).[6]
The structure is LEED-certified at a silver-level designation by USGBC.[7]
Notable tenants
The building served as the global
Other companies unaffiliated with News Corp that lease office space in the building include
Studios
- B - After the Bell, Fox Business Tonight, Making Money, and Varney & Co.
- D - Gutfeld!
- E - Bulls & Bears, Countdown to the Closing Bell, First Things First, Fox Report, and Journal Editorial Report
- G - Cavuto Live, Mornings with Maria, and Your World with Neil Cavuto
- J - America's Newsroom, America Reports, Fox & Friends First, Justice with Judge Jeanine, Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,[8] and Hannity
- M - The Five, Fox & Friends, Outnumbered, Jesse Watters Primetime, and The Story with Martha MacCallum
- N - The Evening Edit
- W - Fox Weather
See also
References
- ^ "Emporis building ID 114547". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- ^ 1211 Avenue of the Americas at Structurae
- ^ "1211 Avenue of the Americas". Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9781568981819. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
Celanese Building.
- ISBN 978-0-19-502404-3.
- ISBN 978-1-56898-545-9.
- ^ "1211 Avenue of the Americas". 42 floors. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ "'Sunday Morning Futures' moves to Studio J". News Cast Studio. August 13, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2020.